This paper reviews the recent developments in the field of biomedical optical imaging,
emphasizing technologies that have been moved from'bench top to bedside'. Important new …

When light is incident to a biological tissue surface, combinations of optical processes occur,
such as reflection, absorption, elastic and non-elastic scattering, and fluorescence. Analysis …

We present here the first in vivo optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of human
dental tissue. A novel dental optical coherence tomography system has been developed …

Purpose: Autofluorescence imaging is increasingly used to noninvasively identify neoplastic
oral cavity lesions. Improving the diagnostic accuracy of these techniques requires a better …

BACKGROUND Understanding the development and progression of head and neck
squamous cell carcinoma is key in the quest for the early diagnosis and prevention of this …

The healing properties of light have been appreciated for thousands of years. However, the
harnessing of light energy to create a rigorous and reliable means to diagnose and treat …

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for women in developing countries.
Optical technologies can improve the accuracy and availability of cervical cancer screening …

Clinical studies have shown that in vivo fluorescence spectroscopy can improve the
diagnosis of cervical precancer. Recent work suggests that epithelial fluorescence …

Methods of optical spectroscopy that provide quantitative, physically or physiologically
meaningful measures of tissue properties are an attractive tool for the study, diagnosis …

Abstract Background and Objectives Autofluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy
have been used separately and combined for tissue diagnostics. Previously, we assessed …